Hah, you've just reminded me of something i'd forgotten--a few years back, i used to carry a little kid's Powerpuff Girls umbrella for a parasol. It was cute! Didn't exactly go with every outfit, though. :)
It's not that hard, but parts of it are counter-intuitive so it helps to actually just sit down and do it. I would say, get a super-cheap umbrella (one you find in the park after the next rainstorm, for example, or one of those at the charity shops, etc) and some totally throwaway cotton fabric (maybe a bedsheet from the same charity shop!) and just try it! If you do it once with fabric and a frame you don't care about, it doesn't matter if you mess up, and you'll get a MUCH better idea of what it's like.
Then you can find a good frame and invest in some pretty fabric and make yourself one for the sunny days!
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Date: 2007-08-07 12:39 pm (UTC)It's not that hard, but parts of it are counter-intuitive so it helps to actually just sit down and do it. I would say, get a super-cheap umbrella (one you find in the park after the next rainstorm, for example, or one of those at the charity shops, etc) and some totally throwaway cotton fabric (maybe a bedsheet from the same charity shop!) and just try it! If you do it once with fabric and a frame you don't care about, it doesn't matter if you mess up, and you'll get a MUCH better idea of what it's like.
Then you can find a good frame and invest in some pretty fabric and make yourself one for the sunny days!